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Unscored USN-3440-1 9 CVEs

poppler vulnerabilities

Published Oct 6, 2017 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-14518, CVE-2017-14520, CVE-2017-14617, CVE-2017-14929,
CVE-2017-14975, CVE-2017-14977)

It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted
PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 17.04 and 16.04. (CVE-2017-14926, CVE-2017-14928)

Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali discovered that Poppler
incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were
tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2017-9776)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS poppler 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS poppler 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4

Vulnerabilities 9

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9776
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14518
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14520
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14617
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14926
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14928
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14929
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14975
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14977